Border Security and Public Safety

2017-04-05T09:28:59-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/205/20170405094835003_hd.jpgHomeland Security Secretary John Kelly testified at a hearing on public safety concerns and possible ways to improve border security, including planned construction of a border wall. Committee members questions focused on President Trump’s wall along the Mexican border and American citizens returning to the U.S. from abroad being asked to allow federal agents to search their cell phones before being allowed back in the country. Ranking Member Claire McCaskill (D-MO) warned Secretary Kelly that Congress would not give the president a “blank check” for a wall that would never get built. Senator Ron Paul (R-KY) called the searching of the cell phones of American citizens “obscene.”

Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly testified at a hearing on public safety concerns and possible ways to improve border security, including planned construction of a…
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Border Security and Public Safety
Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly testified at a hearing on public safety concerns and possible ways to improve border security, including planned construction of a border wall. Committee members questions focused on President Trump’s wall along the Mexican border and American citizens returning to the U.S. from abroad being asked to allow federal agents to search their cell phones before being allowed back in the country. Ranking Member Claire McCaskill (D-MO) warned Secretary Kelly that Congress would not give the president a “blank check” for a wall that would never get built. Senator Ron Paul (R-KY) called the searching of the cell phones of American citizens “obscene.” close